Consider that, today, more than 70% of Americans use social media—up from only 5% tallied in 2005, according to the Pew Research Center. A handful of key players in the space continue to rule. Social Media Examiner's "2017 Social Media Marketing Industry Report" revealed that the top platforms used by marketers are Facebook (94%), Twitter (68%), LinkedIn (56%), Instagram (54%), YouTube (45%), Pinterest (30%), and Snapchat (7%). So what's in stor for 2018?

GSX Announces Monitor & Analyzer v.10

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GSX announced the v.10 release of the GSX Monitor & Analyzer, which supports Microsoft SharePoint collaboration and an array of Microsoft Exchange facilities. GSX v.10 for SharePoint features monitoring of key services and components, monitoring of site availability and response times, and reporting on site usage, indexer workload, and catalog statistics. Monitoring of Exchange 2010 includes database stores, database availability groups, client access servers, and protocol checks.

Other new v.10 features include monitoring and reporting for IBM Traveler and Quickr, modular installation, Lotus Domino database probes, reports to track mail forwarding, and alerts for BES 5 HA environments. GSX provides consolidated monitoring and analysis solutions for enterprise collaboration environments such as Lotus Notes, Microsoft Exchange, and Blackberry Enterprise Server. GSX Monitor & Analyzer v.10 will be available for purchase or as a 60-day trial on June 7.